Thursday, January 30, 2014

White-coated privilege

Among the Conference website's sidebar "Downloadable Resources" is one on
What is Privilege? which includes this as an introductory quote.

"Privilege exists when one group has something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to, rather than because of anything they’ve done or failed to do. Access to privilege doesn’t determine one’s outcomes, but it is defiantly as [sic] asset that makes it more likely that whatever talent, ability, and aspirations a person with privilege has will result in something positive for them."
~Peggy McIntosh